Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Women's and Gender Studies:
Indexes and Databases
The electronic indexes below are available through
Rutgers University Libraries.
For a complete description of these and other indexes or to begin a search go to the
indexes page
Specialized Indexes
Contemporary Women's Issues (1992-present) [Rutgers Restricted]
Covers over 1500 sources published by more than 200 organizations around
the world. Coverage includes more than 150 periodicals in addition to non-periodical source
publications. (full text)
New Jersey Women's History
A resource about the history of New Jersey Women.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial Times to 1950 [Rutgers Restricted]
Provides full text access to the personal writings of American women from all classes and
walks of life, from colonial times to 1950 (full text)
Polish General Social Survey
Provides enhanced access to the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Science Research (ICPSR) Study #6155. It represents three years of study (1992 1994) to measure opinions and social characteristics of the Polish society including gender issues.
WILD: Women in Leadership Database
The Women in Leadership Database (WILD), is a portal to unique scholarly resources about women's
leadership found in selective archival and manuscript collections at Rutgers University. We
encourage scholars, students, teachers, and the interested public to investigate, through the study
of primary sources, the many forms and roles women's leadership can take; leadership strategies
developed by women; and arenas in which women participate as leaders.
Wistat [computer file]: Women's Indicators and Statistics Database [Rutgers Restricted]
Provides statistics on women in different social and economic conditions.
ALEXANDER SCC-COMREF HQ1154.W574
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 [Rutgers Restricted]
Documents women's activism in public life by bringing together books, images, documents (including primary documents), scholarly essays, commentaries, bibliographies, and links to other websites.
Women's Studies International (1972 - present) [Rutgers Restricted]
Includes records from several U.S. and some international material on women's issues.
Women's Writers Online (1400-1850) [Rutgers Restricted]
Provides access to more than two hundred texts of pre-Victorian women's
writing in English from 1400-1850. It is the textbase of the ongoing Brown
University Women Writers Project
Multidisciplinary Electronic Indexes (Rutgers-Restricted Access)
Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) [Rutgers Restricted]
A multi-discipline, full-text database of 3,200 scholarly publications as
well as abstracts and indexing for over 4,170 scholarly journals with some dating back to 1984.
A valuable and large collection of peer-reviewed full text journals
for nearly all academic areas of study.
America: History and Life (1964 - present) [Rutgers Restricted]
Provides complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from
prehistory to the present, including women's issues.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index - Web of Science (1994-present) [Rutgers Restricted]
Includes citations and references from articles in more than 8,000
peer-reviewed journals. In addition to articles, other document types indexed are
letters, corrections, additions, editorials, and reviews. It provides complete
bibliographic data, searchable author abstracts, and cited references.
Factiva [Rutgers Restricted]
Historical Abstracts (1955-present) [Rutgers Restricted]
Provides a comprehensive bibliography for material on the history of the world
from 1450 to the present. It covers all countries and regions, excluding the
United States. It includes book and media reviews and dissertations, as well
as articles. It indexes more than 2,000 publications.
Humanities Full Text (1984-present) [Rutgers Restricted]
IngentaConnect - Multidisciplinary Periodicals Index (1988-present) [Rutgers Restricted]
Journal indexing for over 15,000 titles. Exceptional multidisciplinary coverage
makes this index invaluable for information on women.
Left Index (1982 - present) [Rutgers Restricted]
Provides a comprehensive source of information on leftist and radical media. The emphasis is
on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia.
Literature Resource Center (Gale) [Rutgers Restricted]
Provides on-line access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical
analysis of authors from all over the world and their works. (full text).
MLA International Bibliography (1926-present) [Rutgers Restricted]
Indexes critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore.
Coverage includes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies,
proceedings and other materials. The database approximately 1,400,000 records.
PsycINFO (1887-present) [Rutgers Restricted]
Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines
including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology,
physiology, linguistics, and other areas.
Social Sciences Citation Index - The Web of Science (1994-present) [Rutgers Restricted]
Includes citations and references from articles in more than 8,000
peer-reviewed journals. In addition to articles, other document types indexed
are letters, corrections, additions, editorials, and reviews. It provides
complete bibliographic data, searchable author abstracts, and cited references.
Sociological Abstracts [Rutgers Restricted]
Provides citation and abstracts in the areas of activism and action research,
case work, community organization, demographics, family studies, feminist studies, and much more.
